Word: rayed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Charles ("Charlie") Ray, 52, homespun hero of the silent cinema; of a throat infection; in Hollywood. During the early '203 he blushed, grinned and gallus-thumbed his way into $100,000 a picture, spent much of his fortune on turquoise bathtubs, lost most of the remainder in his independent production of The Courtship of Miles Standish (1923). Penniless by 1934, he later accepted bit parts, tried to write scripts...
...starters, Dean Hennessey is a Varsity veteran and captain of the team, Dick Warren played first string Junior Varsity last year, as did Ray Eder, Dick Manville is a new Freshman, and Bob Rayle has played House ball. Other men who will probably see a lot of action are Don Geeson at center and Jack Falsey at one of the forwards...
...Ray Mildenberger easily breezed through the company squash tournament, winning in the finals from Chief Specialist Scott. The team of Deloto and Dillard won the handball title from Thacker and Schwerin in a hard-fought match...
Major Ascroft's chief reason for operating at a base hospital: there the surgeon can use 1) the X-ray (which is not always available in forward zones); 2) a suction apparatus to remove injured brain tissues and debris and an electric cautery to stop bleeding. Neither device is obtainable near a swiftly moving front...
...Whenever an X-ray plate or the bone itself shows any sign of damage to the skull's outer shell, a small, exploratory burr hole should be made at that spot. Reason: a blow which causes a slight bruise on the skull's outer shell often causes a serious fracture of the inner shell. In one case, where only a threadlike crack showed on the surface, a bit of the skull's inner shell had been driven almost an inch into the brain...